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Mani Djazmi

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Mani Djazmi

Mani Djazmi has been a freelance broadcast journalist for ten years, specialising in sport. He has presented on BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live and is now a reporter for the World Football programme on BBC World Service.

"We're going to stick with the tennis and go to Nelspruit when it's over." That was the latest in a constant series of updates from my BBC Five Live Sports Extra producer on a warm June evening in 2010.

It was one of those typical summer occasions when there was more live sport to cover than places on which to host the coverage.... Continue Reading